[UPDATE 4: The current tally, according to social media dynamo Erica Smith: "four editors, three reporters, three copy editors, a photographer, a web editor and the editorial cartoonist." Thirteen newsroom employees so far, all because of "economic issues," in a memo sent to remaining staff by editor Gilbert Bailon. Former RFTer Amir Kurtovic tweeted this right before I hit publish:

Latest info I got on #PDLayoffs: A production employee and a special features (advertising dept.) employee also let go.

Media reporter Jim Romenesko has word that four news managers were laid off by the Post-Dispatch late Thursday night, with rumors swirling that as many as 20 more people will be following them out the door today. This news comes immediately after the news that Lee Enterprises CEO Mary
Junck received $655,000 worth of stock in the company at no cost to her
(that stock has dropped four cents since yesterday, down to $1.26 per
share).

If I may be so bold as to ask, what the hell kind of business
strategy do you call giving the boss a big bonus and then giving staff
their pink slips? Is this trickle-down economics at work, or merely simple plundering?

United Media Guild tweeted this last night shortly after word of the layoffs:

PD Managers who were laid off worked all day at office, then informed via phone call at home after work they were laid off. #coldhearted

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